Also she performed during the intermission of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986 in Bergen, opening act of the winter Olympic games in 1994 at Lillehammer, voice to the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish version of “the little mermaid, Sung on the Titanic album (‘My heart will go on’ was originally written to her), Royal Variety show in London 1995, Preformed at annual Christmas concert in Vienna, 2000 Nobel peace price concert with Josh Groban singing “the prayer”, toured with The Lord of the Rings Symphony Tour in 2004 and her latest achievement is a number one on the Billboard classical charts with the christmas album “Spirit of the Season - with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring Sissel”
Sissel's musical style runs the gamut from pop recordings and folk songs to classical vocals. Her work on the soundtrack to Titanic has led to comparisons with Irish singer Enya.
Sissel's combined solo record sales (not including soundtracks and other albums to which she contributed) amount to over 9 million albums sold, most of them in Norway -- a country with only 4.5 million people.
She’s released over 14 studio albums, her Christmas album from 1986 is the best selling album in Norway ever with almost one mill copies sold! She’s featured on several soundtracks and sold well over nine million albums world wide and her popularity continues to grow!
She truly is a northern star!
Here are the lyrics to her song "Ready to go home":
On this street below these walls
Where I used to walk now I can barely crawl
All this darkness rise and tall
Lord shine a light for me I’m ready to be caught
I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin
Take this river to the sea
Where the delta flows
The tide is washing over me
Guide this soul to heavens door
Show me where tomorrow lays
I’m waiting to be born
I’m ready to lay down
I’m ready now to sleep a promise I must keep
I’m ready to go home
So time I’ll lay down with these memories
Breathe the shallow deep inside of me
If time has run its course with me
I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin
When the evening shadows fall
When the time has come
I let defences fall
To surrenders to survive
I will give up everything to those I leave behind
I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin
I’m ready to lay down
I’m ready now to sleep a promise I must keep
I’m ready to go home, again
Going home again
Blod I Brann
Sissel Lyrics
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To be in love is delicious -- when it is returned -- and painful when it is not. This song is dedicated to my very best friend.
Sissel
Du luktet honning i håret
Da møttes øynene våre
To armer åpnet seg
Så stille du ble
Du hvisket ord som var gode
De fløt som sevje i blodet
Da lot jeg armen din
Fange min
Så leken du ble
Som nyfødt sol å danse med
Som varme b?lger mot land
På en brennende strand
Barbent i sand
Sto blod i brann
Blod i brann
Jeg fikk en vårkveld i gave
Da smelted solen i havet
Et milelangt sekund
Munn mot munn
Så dro du avsted
Og ble en drøm å sovne med
Som varme bølger mot land
The lyrics of Sissel's song Blod I Brann depict the beauty of being in love with someone and the pain of not having those feelings reciprocated. The first verse talks about a meeting between two people where their eyes meet and their arms open up to each other. The singer recalls the feeling of being held by their love interest and the silence that ensued. The whispered words felt like sap in their veins and at that moment, the singer felt playful like a newborn sun dancing with its light.
The second verse talks about a gift that was given to the singer on a spring evening. The sun melted into the ocean and for a second, their lips met. However, after that brief moment, the love interest left like a dream to sleep with. The chorus uses the metaphor of blood on fire, representing the passion and intensity of the feelings between two people in love. The singer compares it to warm waves against a burning shore and stands barefoot in the sand.
Overall, the lyrics of Blod I Brann paint a picture of the overwhelming emotions one feels when falling in love, and the bittersweet feelings of holding on to something that is not meant to be.
Line by Line Meaning
Du luktet honning i håret
I could smell the sweet fragrance of honey in your hair
Da møttes øynene våre
Our eyes met each other
To armer åpnet seg
Our arms opened up to each other
Inntil deg
Close to you
Så stille du ble
You became so still
Du hvisket ord som var gode
You whispered words that were good
De fløt som sevje i blodet
The words flowed like sap in the blood
Da lot jeg armen din
Then, I allowed your arm
Fange min
To catch mine
Så leken du ble
Then, you became playful
Som nyfødt sol å danse med
Like a newborn sun to dance with
Som varme bølger mot land
Like warm waves on the shore
På en brennende strand
On a burning beach
Barbent i sand
Barefoot on the sand
Sto blod i brann
Blood was on fire
Blod i brann
Blood on fire
Jeg fikk en vårkveld i gave
I received a spring evening as a gift
Da smelted solen i havet
That moment, the sun melted into the sea
Et milelangt sekund
A mile-long second
Munn mot munn
Mouth against mouth
Så dro du avsted
Then you left
Og ble en drøm å sovne med
And became a dream to fall asleep with
Contributed by Makayla R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Brian
on Going Home
Where you have “yes” several times she’s really singing “just”. It’s her accent that makes it sound like “yes”.